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Arctic Monkeys lead the way with seven nominations at this year's NME Awards including Best British Band, Best Album and Best Track for 'The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala'.

In his book Glock: The Rise of America's Gun , Paul Barrett traces how the sleek, high-capacity Austrian weapon found its way across the U.S. Also, TV writer David Milch talks about his new HBO series Luck . And rock historian Ed Ward looks back at The Smiths.

The band didn't have many big hits, but it helped define the music of its generation. With the release of The Smiths' complete works, rock historian Ed Ward look back and tries to figure out what made the group so important.

The band didn't have many big hits, but it helped define the music of its generation. With the release of The Smiths' complete works, rock historian Ed Ward look back and tries to figure out what made the group so important.

Don't let the size of the amps at the NPR Music office fool you: Screaming Females' music is louder than bombs. Pared down at the Tiny Desk, the band's keen sense of song stays front and center — especially in "It All Means Nothing," a new song from Screaming Females' next album.

Don't let the size of the amps at the NPR Music office fool you: Screaming Females' music is louder than bombs. Pared down at the Tiny Desk, the band's keen sense of song stays front and center — especially in "It All Means Nothing," a new song from Screaming Females' next album.

Howler started when Jordan Gatesmith and Max Petrek met at a Planned Parenthood clinic with their respective girlfriends. Despite their overseas popularity, hometown reception for their garage rock sound has been cool.

September, 2002 - 2012 marks FILTER Magazine ‘s tenth year in print . To celebrate, we are looking back at some of our favorite magazine features, from July 2002’s Issue #1 all the way up to this coming November’s Issue #50. Getting To Know is a section in the magazine that serves as a good gauge for our predictions of greatness. In FILTER Issue #2 , released September 2002, we introduced Haven , Interpol ...

Having incurred the wrath of The Smiths’ Morrissey and Van Morrison following biographies of both, is elusive rock writer Johnny Rogan taking a risk with a new look at 1960s band The Byrds?